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Mildred

Girls' name · Early 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~69,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,962 among girls
Births in 2025
98 452,998 since 1880
Typical age
79 years, median

Mildred popularity over time

Mildred rank by birth year, 1880–2025Mildred ranked #121 in 1880 and #1,962 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #6, in 1912.#10#100#1,000#1,962best #6 in 191218901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1920: 18,099 births recorded as Mildred. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Mildred has spent 59 years inside the national top 100.

The 2025 position is #1,962, on 98 births. Year on year the rank improved by 118.

Babies named Mildred per yearPeaks at 18,099 births in 1920.18,099 in 1920018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Mildred?

Roughly 69,100 Mildreds are alive in the US right now. That is out of 452,998 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Mildred?

Half of living Mildreds are older than 79, half younger. The 1940s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Mildred a early 20th-century perennial name.

Your Mildred

Ages of living people named MildredHalf of living Mildreds are older than 79 and half younger.median 79020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Mildred is most common

The name is concentrated in Indiana, at 1.3× the national rate.

Where Mildred is used more than average1 states use the name Mildred more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: 1.3× the national rateINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Mildred is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Indiana 22 1.3×

Mildred in England and Wales

ONS recorded 5 births named Mildred in 2025, ranking it #4,201.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Mildred comes from

From the name of an 8th-century English saint, Old English Mildþrȳþ.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Mildred

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Mildred Harris American actress 1901–1944 38
Mildred Dresselhaus American physicist 1930–2017 38
Mildred Natwick American actress 1905–1994 32
Mildred Dunnock American theater, film and television actress 1901–1991 26
Mildred Gillars American Nazi propagandist 1900–1988 24
Mildred McDaniel American high jumper 1933–2004 23
Mildred Davis American actress 1901–1969 22
Mildred Cohn American biochemist 1913–2009 22
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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